| By Laws - contd. |
| The membership of the Society shall be open for any
qualified Ophthalmologist who subscribes to the objectives of the
society. |
The
Membership shall be of four classes. |
| 1) Life Members :
Eligibility : Any person graduates in modern medicine and with a permanent
Medical Council Registration in India and Post-graduate qualification
in Ophthalmology from a recognized Institute/University Board/ Foreign
University by paying a one time (non-refundable) subscription of Rs.
1000/- and a admission fee of Rs. 50/- will be eligible for Life Membership.
Once the General Body ratifies their membership they will be issued
a membership certificate and a photo identify card with Society’s
life membership number. This number has to be mentioned in all correspondence
with the society and the photo identify card has to be produced when
asked for it. |
| 2) Associate Members
: Eligibility : Post-graduate students/residents/fellows in Ophthalmology
who are not qualified and who pay a sum of Rs. 750 or more by way
of donation to the Society will be made an associate member and will
be permitted to take part in the scientific and social activities
of the society and will receive the official publication of the society.
Life membership will be conferred on them on production of the qualification
certificates and on a further payment of Rs. 250.00 |
| 3) Honorary Members
: Any person/persons who has rendered outstanding service to Ophthalmology
in general, and to Indian Ophthalmology in particular shall be eligible
to this membership provided his name is unanimously recommended by
the Executive Committee and passed by a two-third majority at a meeting
of the general body. He shall be entitled to participate in all the
activities of the Society but cannot be elected to executive committee
or hold any office bearers post. |
| 4) Visitors : any
member of the Medical profession may attend a meeting of the Society
on being introduced by a member of the Society with the consent of
the President. |
| Membership will
become effective only after the approval of the General Body. Any
new member whose application is under consideration may attend and
take part in the deliberation of a conference of the society, held
prior to his membership being ratified with the consent of the President
of the Society, held prior to his membership being ratified with the
consent of the president of the society, but will not have the right
of voting as a member till his membership is ratified. |
| All application
for admission shall be disposed of by the executive of the society.
No person can claim membership as a matter of right. It shall be competent
to the executive committee to refuse admission to any person without
assigning any reason. The executive committee shall be able to raise,
lower or waive these membership fees for any individual, organisation
or group at its discretion, subject to the approval of the General
Body. |
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| The affairs of the Society shall be managed by an Executive
Committee consisting of office bearers and executive committee members.
The total number of executive committee members including office bearers
shall be not less than 15 and not more than 31. |
Office Bearers |
| 1) President |
| 2) Ist Vice President (President elect) |
| 3) 2nd Vice President |
| 4) Hon. General Secretary (Executive
Head of the Society) |
| 5) Treasurer |
| 6) Editor Journal (KJO) |
| 7) Chairman, Scientific Committee |
| 8) Joint Secretary |
| 9) Editor Website |
| 10) The past Presidents who held office
as Presidents for 3 previous years and immediate past Secretary |
Executive Committee Members |
| The total number of executive members (other than office
bearers) shall not be less than 10 (ten). They should be life members
of the society residing and practicing in Kerala State who fulfill
the eligibility criteria of KSOS office bearers post which will be
mentioned later (Article IX). |
| One member each shall be nominated by the District
ophthalmic societies /clubs affiliated to KSOS. If the number of such
nominated members is less than 10, then the remaining shall be filled
by election from the general body. AIOS Managing Committee Members
(nominated by KSOS to AIOS) will be special invitees to the KSOS Executive
Committee. |
|
| 1) One second Vice-president shall
be elected by the General Body every year at the annual conference.
He will hold office up to the next annual conference and then becomes
the first Vice-president (President elect) for the next year and become
President in the succeeding year. The second Vice-president will become
the President if by any reason the first Vice-president is unable
to take over as the President. |
| 2) The other office bearers mentioned
above (Article VIII) shall be elected at the General Body Meeting
of the Annual Conference, for a period of two years. All are eligible
for re-election for one more term only in the same post. |
| Credit points
grading system (credit rating system) |
by
attending |
| a)
AIOS Annual conference 25 points |
| b)
KSOS Annual conference 25 points |
| c)
AIOS/KSOS Workshop /CME’s 15 points |
by
publishing article |
| a)
Indian Journal of Ophthalmology (IJO) 15 points |
| b)
Kerala Journal of Ophthalmology (KJO) 15 points |
| The aim of this credit points grading system is to
encourage the members who are desirous to become the office bearers
of the Society to attend conferences/workshops/CME’s and to
publish articles in journals. They shall be periodically forward proof
of attending CME conference/workshop (attendance certificates) and
Photostat copies of published articles in the journals. |
| a) Executive
Committee Members: Any member of three years good standing
in the society, residing in Kerala and who have obtained 80 credit.
Points in the preceding two years are eligible for the post of Executive
Committee Members. |
| b) Editor Journal,
Editor Website and Joint Secretary : Any members of five years
good standing in the society, residing in Kerala and who have obtained
a minimum of 100 credit points (credit points grading system mentioned
above) in the preceding two years are eligible for the post of Editor
Journal, Editor Website and Joint Secretary. |
| c) Hon. Secretary,
Treasurer and Scientific Committee Chairman : Any member of
ten years good standing in the society, residing in Kerala and who
have obtained a minimum of 100 credit points (credit points grading
system mentioned above) in the preceding two years and should have
been a member of the Executive Committee or any other bearers post
at least one term (two years) are eligible for the post of Hon. Secretary,
Treasurer and Scientific Committee Chairman. |
| d) Vice-President
: Any member of ten years good standing in the society, residing in
Kerala and should have been a member of the Executive Committee at
least one term (two years) and held one of the senior office-bears
post (Hon. Secretary, Treasurer, Editor Journal, Scientific Committee
Chairman) at least one term are eligible for the post of Vice-president. |
| 3) Election Procedure |
| a) Nomination for the post shall be
called by the Hon. Gen. Secretary to be received 30 days before the
annual conference. |
| b) One person can contest for one
post only. |
| c) Nomination has to be submitted
by the candidate in the prescribed form and each nomination to proposed
by one life member and supported by two other life members. |
| d) A returning (polling) officer shall
be appointed by the President in consultation with the Executive Committee
(he shall be a senior member of the Executive Committee). He has to
scrutinize the nominations received and conduct election by secret
ballot when necessary during the General Body Meeting of the Annual
Conference. |
| e) Only life members who have signed
in the register and present in the General Body with proper identity
card will be allowed to vote in the election. If there is no nomination
received for a post, fresh nominations can be invited from the floor
(General Body Meeting). |
| 4) The first Vice-president of the
previous year will become President from the commencement of the next
conference. If the Ist Vice-president is unable to take charge as
President, 2nd Vice-president will take charge as President. |
| 5) In the event of the vacancy occurring
amongst the office-bearers, viz, the President, Vice-presidents, Hon.
Secretary, Hon. Treasurer and the other committee members of the Executive
Committee shall elect the office bearer or office-bearers in the vacancy
or other vacancies of the memberships and persons so elected shall
hold office for the period for which his predecessor would have functioned.
(Vacancies so filled shall not exceed three during the year). |
| 6) Office-bearers shall ceases to
hold office: |
| a) When the
period of their election is over. |
| b) If by a resolution
the General Body decides by a two thirds majority of the members present
that such office bearer or bearers be removed from office. |
| 7) Any office-bearers or Executive
Committee member who fails to attend 50 percent Executive committee
meeting in a term without valid reasons will be disqualified for contesting
for any office-bearers post of the society for the next six years. |
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| 1) The members of the Executive Committee
shall meet at least twice a year, one preferably just before the holding
of the annual conference. More than ½ of the total number shall
form a quorum. |
| 2) The Ho. Gen. Secretary shall circulate
the agenda for the meeting at least a month before the holding of
the meeting. |
| 3) The president when shall preside
at the meeting of the Executive Committee and General Body. In his
absence Ist Vice-president shall officiate for him. In the absence
of president and Ist Vice-president, 2nd Vice-president shall officiate
for president. In the absence of president, Ist Vice-president and
2nd Vice-president, the meeting may elect its own Chairman and for
the purpose of the meeting he shall have all the powers of the president. |
| 4) The President or Chairman in the
event of a tie will have a casting vote. |
| 5) The voting may be by secret ballot. |
| 6) Whenever it is found inconvenient
to call a meeting of the Executive Committee and whenever the Hon.
Secretary deem it desirable that the opinion of the Executive Committee
be obtained, they shall do so by post and act in accordance with view
of the majority. |
| 7) The General Body shall meet at
least once a year along with the annual conference. The quorum shall
be one-third of the membership or sixty members whichever is less.
In the event of the quorum not being met, the meeting may be adjourned
and recalled after half an hour. Extra ordinary general body may be
called by the president as and when required. |
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| 1) The society may publish or get
published a journal called “Kerala Journal Ophthalmology”
(KJO) under the direction of Editor Journal Elected by the General
Body. |
| 2) The Editor shall form an Educational
Board consisting of the Editor Journal, Scientific committee chairman
and members nominated by the Editor Journal with the approval of the
Executive Committee. The President and Gen. Secretary KSOS will be
Ex-officio members. |
| 3) The Editorial Board shall form
a separate byelaw for the conduct and publications of the journal
with the approval of the Executive Committee. |
| 4) Journal fund : The journal fund
shall consist of : A contribution from KSOS, to be decided by the
Society periodically, advertisement tariff collected from various
sources, donations from well wishers or members of the society. |
| 5) Audited account certified by an
Auditor shall be submitted to the Treasurer Gen. Secretary and General
body meeting. |
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